Month: August 2021

Aug 31 2021

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Will Britain’s Nepali Gurkha Veterans Get Justice?

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With the British government agreeing to discuss their demands, the military veterans ended their 13-day hunger strike recently.

Aug 27 2021

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With the Hang Seng taking its cue from Shanghai instead of New York, investors must watch Chinese policies closely

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The recently retired chief executive of the Hong Kong stock exchange, Charles Li Xiaojia, must feel that his timing was perfect. No one could have foreseen that the Four Horsemen...

Aug 26 2021

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China’s NSSF reports 15.84% investment return for 2020

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China’s National Social Security Fund (NSSF), a supplementary to the state pension fund, reported an investment return of 15.84% for 2020, up from 14.06% in 2019, a performance that a...

Aug 26 2021

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China Life Insurance Company Limited Announces 2021 Interim Results (H Shares)

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China Life Insurance Company Limited (SSE: 601628, SEHK: 2628, NYSE: LFC) announces the unaudited consolidated results of the Company (China Life Insurance Company Limited and its subsidiaries) for …

Aug 25 2021

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Pension Adviser Says Pa. Teacher Can’t Sue Over Shortfall

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A consultant to Pennsylvania’s embattled Public School Employees Retirement System has told a state judge that a Philadelphia-area teacher did not have standing to pursue a lawsuit over the firm’s...

Aug 24 2021

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More effort required to stem Hong Kong’s brain drain

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If evidence is needed to prove that more Hongkongers are quitting the city, it can be found in the government’s latest population and retirement saving data. It has been revealed...

Aug 24 2021

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ADS secures investment from CPPIB

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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested US$350 million in Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. Based in Ohio, ADS is a provider of water management solutions for the stormwater and on-site...

Aug 23 2021

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Hong Kong’s MPF assets jump 35% to HK$1.17 trillion in FY2020/21

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Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF), the city’s largest public retirement plan, ended its last financial year with HK$1.17 trillion (US$149.87 billion) of assets, a 34.82% jump from the prior...

Aug 21 2021

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Gurkhas end hunger strike after government agrees to pension talks

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Ex-Gurkha servicemen have ended a Downing Street hunger strike after the government agreed to begin talks with the Nepalese Embassy over pensions. The group had not eaten for 13 days,...

Aug 20 2021

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Worried about the State Pension triple lock? Invest £50 a month in these 3 Isa funds

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The STATE PENSION triple lock cannot be relied upon as Chancellor Rishi Sunak looks to cut spending, making it even more important to build retirement savings in your own name....